Page: u8 Stream Sources
v.6 by Alexander Myodov
2019-11-21 11:11
2019-11-21 11:11
File and simple URI streams
Open read stream from a file or URI
let input = await io.openRead(uri);
uri
could be eithera local FS file name, like~/docs/daily_notes.md
, or any URI the system is capable to connect to.
returns u8 InputStream to read from this source.
Open write stream to a file or URI
let output = openWrite(url, mode = "w",
{bufferLength = chunkSize, umask = 0o644}={});
uri
could be either a local FS file name, like~/docs/daily_notes.md
, or any URI system is capable to connect to.mode
: one of"w"
for write,"a"
for append.umask
: a regular Unix access mask, default is 0o644 whan means-rw-r--r--
in unix terms.
returns u8 OutputStream to write to this target.
Supported URI protocols
protocol | direction | description |
---|---|---|
file:/ file:/// |
rw | local filesystem access limited only by the process owner rights |
Under construction:
- process pipes, network sockets, http downloads.